German observation and barrage balloons

[Snautzer05]

From Signal dated 1942

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[Sturm78]

Hi all,

An image from Ebay
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[Sturm78]

Hi all,

Image from historicalmedia website
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[Sturm78]

Hi all,

Two nice images from Ebay:

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[Sturm78]

Hi all,

Two nice images from Ebay:

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[Clive Mortimore]

After seeing Strum's photos of the observation balloon I went on an inter net search for more photos of German balloons. I came across this one, an ex French Zodiac Moto-Ballon MBZ-3.

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I found it on this site http://www.airships.narod.ru/germ_wwii/germ_air.html

I did some more searching and from the Noon Balloon, Spring 2008 edition I discovered that the French used them for observing the advancing German army in 1940. After the fall of France the Germans took them over and used them to patrol the lines of communication in the Ukranie.http://www.naval-airships.org/resources/Documents/tnb77.pdf

Clive

[Sturm78]

Thanks for your information and links, Clive.

Very interesting. It is a very understudied topic

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[Sturm78]

Hi all,

Another image from Ebay:

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[Larrister]

Wilhelmshaven Harbour.

Larry

[Larrister]

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[AVV]

Hello!

Wilhelmshaven Harbour.

Nice photos, thanks for sharing.
Any idea about the names of the ships?

Best regards, Aleks

[Sturm78]

Hi all,

Barrage balloon:

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[Snautzer05]

signal 1944
https://picasaweb.google.com/1018711133 ... tember2012

[photo-war]

Hello all!

I hope you find this photo album interesting: Wehrmacht observation balloon unit on the Eastern Front:

http://photo-war.com/eng/archives/album2156.htm

And another one: Luftwaffe barrage balloon unit on Home front, there are some rare barrage kites photos as well:

http://photo-war.com/eng/archives/album2551.htm

Best regards,
Alexander

[Sturm78]

Hi all,

German Beobachtungs Ballon :

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